Problem Visual Studio Solution

[Leandro Tubini Bezerra]

Git failed with a fatal error.
HttpRequestException encountered.
An error occurred while sending the request.
cannot spawn /C/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Enterprise/Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/TeamFoundation/Team Explorer/Git/mingw32/libexec/git-core/git-askpass.exe: No such file or directory
could not read Password for 'https://ltbezerra@bitbucket.org': terminal prompts disabled

[fdogarciavega]

Please see 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51757837/visual-studio-2017-with-bitbucket-terminal-prompts-disabled

[DagBjorndal]

Have the same problem :-(

[Sam Conn]

I'll jump on the dogpile with a bit more info, but a slightly different use-case.

We use dev.azure.com, but the exact same symptoms occur.

What's extra weird, is that the problem gets fixed with a VS update, breaks with the next one, works with update after that, then breaks again, e.g., I updated to VS 15.9.3 and the problem returned!!!

Following the reccos from the SO link above, I discovered that simply grabbing the `AzureDevOps.Authentication.dll` assembly from the [Git Credential Manager for Windows v1.18.2](https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.18.2) zip file and dropping it into the `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\<<<VSEdition>>>\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\Git\mingw32\libexec\git-core` folder allowed me to clone a Dev.Azure.com repo.

I haven't done any commits yet, but I've got my fingers-crossed that there's not an alternate authentication path for those tasks.

[steveendow]

In case anyone else has issues with this fix in late 2018:

I tried the steps from the Stack Overflow with Visual Studio Pro 2017 version 15.8.1, but it was not working for me.

I've downloaded the GCM v1.17.0 files to my git-core directory twice, restarted VS multiple times, and rebooted the machine. 

When trying to Push, the blue Atlassian login dialog appeared, I entered my login info and clicked OK.  After a few seconds, the Atlassian login dialog appeared again, and I tried submitting my login info again.

After a few seconds, the error appeared in the Output pane.

Opening repositories:
C:\Users\username\Source\Repos\MyProject
Pushing v1.0
Error: cannot spawn /c/program files (x86)/microsoft visual studio/2017/professional/common7/ide/commonextensions/microsoft/teamfoundation/team explorer/Git/mingw32/libexec/git-core/git-askpass.exe: No such file or directory
Error encountered while pushing to the remote repository: Git failed with a fatal error.
could not read Password for 'https://username@bitbucket.org': terminal prompts disabled
Pushing to https://username@bitbucket.orgusername/MyProject

I then checked for a newer version of GCM, and saw there was a v1.18.2 available: (as of Nov 5, 2018)

https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.18.2

I downloaded this newer version, copied the files, and the Push to BitBucket finally worked.

[Ron Leplae]

I have the same problem, came out of the blue

[Ron Leplae]

the stackoverflow article worked, took me too much time to land on this page and find the solution.. :-((

[Leandro Tubini Bezerra]

Good Job!